Claimed by the Unwanted Luna's Second Alpha

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the desk felt cold

. His expression was grim, the li

rore," he said

t the top of the page, typed in st

m, crept up my spine and settled deep in my bo

chosen, clinical. "Extremely rare. Your body... it's shutting down its lyc

ert. I had to force the

all, at the pen on his desk, at anything but me. "The p

all the same. I knew. He just didn't

desk, a harsh, violent sou

ith a name I once l

reen icon. Maybe he sensed something was wrong. May

ered.

he hell

not one of concern. It was a low growl, tight wi

idea what day it

as at the doctor's, that somethin

f. "The entire May family is here. The pack elders

dopted sister Kallie's birthday. How could I have forgotten the most important day of th

ng like ash in my mouth. My hand tightened on the dia

ell? Aurore, stop with the excuses. We

is was about jealousy. I was holding a piece of paper t

ing through the phone, a weight I could feel even miles away. "Be a

ne wen

the silence of the room rushin

ed at me, his eyes ful

ected from my mind. I walked out of the clinic, the

reets of the Battle-Axe Pack territory seemed alien, the t

hear the faint sound of music and laughter from inside the grand ma

rantic beating of my heart. Then I pushed open the car do

through the front doo

foyer, and every single head turned towards me. Dozens of pair

a stunning silver dress, a new gift, no doubt. Her blonde hair was perfect, her

elders. Her face was a mask of cold fury. She marched tow

I'd been. She didn'

expensive perfume. She lowered her voice to a harsh whi

fectly sharpened icicle. "Look at the state of you. A

p, chilling disgust. It was a look I had seen a thousand times before,

watched me with cold, indifferent eyes, making no

llie's lips. It was barely there, but

my abdomen, a grim reminder of the report still in my car. I instin

ut through the haze

d there and play the

my mother, my family... they were all stra